According to New Lifetime Women's 'Desperate Housewives' Pulse Poll, Nearly 20 Percent Of Women Would Have an Affair With Their Neighbor's Partner
Sixty Percent Of Women View Themselves as 'desperate Housewives'
Most Say Britney Spears And Paris Hilton Would Be The Worst Neighbors But Adam Sandler Is Male Celebrity They Most Want To Live Next Door
Preponderance Of Women Don't Want Either The Bushes Or The Clintons Moving Onto Wisteria Lane - But Twenty-Five Percent Would Sell To Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos
- 'Desperate Housewives' Premieres 1st Season on Lifetime Saturday, August 5 at 11PM (ET/PT) -
- 'Desperate Housewives' Star Brenda Strong Headlines in 'Family in Hiding,' Debuting on Lifetime Sunday, August 6 at 8PM (ET/P) -
The women of Wisteria Lane aren't the only desperate housewives harboring secrets and fantasies. According to a new Lifetime Women's Pulse Poll,* 60 percent of women surveyed think of themselves as desperate housewives with 20 percent admitting they have a secret they wouldn't want their neighbors to know. Perhaps that's impelling some 16 percent to admit they'd have an affair with their neighbor's partner. Even better if living next door were either Adam Sandler or Matt Damon. Superman is another story ...
Released around the premiere of the Emmy Award(R)-winning "Desperate Housewives" on Lifetime on Saturday, August 5 at 11PM (ET/PT), beginning with the series' first season, the Poll also found that women wouldn't want Wisteria Lane turned into either the White House or the Hilton Hotel though someone shooting baskets is cool, while plumbers and gardeners are oh so very hot and the Man of Steel is most definitely not.
The Poll also found that women are pretty darn suspicious of what their neighbors might be hiding. A quarter suspect that one of their neighbors has a criminal past, while 22% think the folks next door are engaging in strange sexual behavior.
In addition to the series joining the Lifetime schedule (and the popular drama "Grey's Anatomy" debuting on Lifetime in January) - Lifetime is also presenting "Desperate Housewives" star Brenda Strong in the U. S. Television Premiere of "Family in Hiding," airing Sunday, August 6 at 8PM (ET/PT).
Try Mount Rushmore Instead
If anyone's looking to fill that vacant house on Wisteria Lane, don't bother with either the 42nd or 43rd Presidents, since only 12 percent would like to see Bill and Hillary move in with a mere four percent tapping the current occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Not All Celebrities Make Good Neighbors
While leaders of the Free World aren't especially welcome, guys who make you laugh and guys with big biceps make the cut with 33% tapping Adam Sandler and 19% choosing Matt Damon as the male celebrity they'd like to bump into mailing a letter in their own neighborhood. Only nine percent want new Superman Brandon Routh flying around their 'hood.
Now who would be the nightmare neighbors? 34% said Britney Spears and hubby Kevin Federline wouldn't get a cup of sugar and 33% insist Paris Hilton wouldn't be welcome at their next barbecue, while Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos were the celeb pair women'd most like to see pulling up in a moving van.
Keep Your Friends Close and Your Enemies Closer
Which DH character would you most like to have as a friend? Lynette (Felicity Huffman) and Susan (Teri Hatcher) were tops with only six percent eager to have Edie Britt as a friend and nearly half (45%) saying she was the character they'd least trust alone with their boyfriend or husband.
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Even though "Desperate Housewives" is about women, no good story is complete without men and, even better, hot men. So who's the hunkiest DH guy? With 43%, resident plumber Mike Delfino was crowned The DH Hunk trailed by Gabrielle's almost always shirtless gardener John Rowland at 24%.
As for The Housewives' real-life love interests, women were asked who would be the most popular on Wisteria Lane. Tony Parker (keeping company with Eva Longoria) led at 31%, followed by Ryan Seacrest (past paramour of Teri Hatcher) at 27%, Michael Bolton (engaged to Nicollette Sheridan) with 24% and William H. Macy (married to Felicity Huffman) at 19%.
"Desperate Housewives" on Lifetimetv.com
Lifetimetv.com will showcase a special "Desperate Housewives" mini-site. Highlights include a video blog featuring classic moments of each character that enables visitors to share their own "Desperate Housewives" moments; a puzzle game featuring photos from the show, and gossip content through which fans can find out about the real lives and loves of the fictional housewives played by Eva Longoria, Terry Hatcher, Nicollette Sheridan and company.
* An email invitation was sent to a random sample of Lifetimetv.com Research Panel members who were adult women aged 18+ living in the U.S. The internet survey link was live for two days July 11-July 12. A total of 11,818 surveys were completed by Lifetime viewers, Women 18+.
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Source: LIFETIME
